Mpact is excited to announce the inaugural Mark J. Bassett Design Scholarship, created to support the attendance of three scholarship recipients to the annual Mpact Transit + Community conference. The 2025 conference is in Portland, Ore., October 26-29.
Apply for the Mark J. Bassett Design Scholarship. Deadline July 31, 2025
Honoring Bassett (1960 -2024), an architect, artist and innovative technologist, the scholarship welcomes applications from three categories of recipients:
- students,
- academics or educators and
- practitioners working in the nonprofit or public sector.
All applicants must demonstrate that their work concentrates on architecture, community development, public transportation, transit-oriented development or a related discipline.
Diana Mendes, Mpact Board President, said about Bassett:
“Mark was passionate about the responsibility of architects, urban designers, and artists to transform communities through beauty and design excellence. He advocated for strengthening the voice of designers and artists in building communities. The scholarship in his honor is intended to do just that at Mpact.”
In both his professional career and as an artist, Bassett created an enduring legacy of memorable art, buildings, and spaces for better living. His greatest legacy is reflected in all those whose lives he touched and who now study, teach, and work in the field, as well as in all they will accomplish in the fields of architecture and urban design. More information and examples of his work can be found here: https://www.markbassett.digital/resume-summary
Architecture – Mark J. Bassett
Paintings – Mark J. Bassett
Founded in 1995 as Rail~Volution, the Mpact Transit + Community conference is North America’s leading gathering of cross-sector practitioners, leaders and advocates dedicated to maximizing community benefit from mobility and development projects. Conference sessions, plenaries and mobile workshops focus on the whole community built around transit and multimodal investments as well as the implications for health, safety, sustainability, access to opportunity and overall quality of life for everyone.
The 2025 Mpact Transit + Community conference will be in Portland, Ore., October 26-29, 2025.
Mark J. Bassett Design Scholarship
Applications close July 31, 2025
Information: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BassettScholarship2025
General Scholarships (registration only) for Mpact Transit + Community 2025
Applications close July 31, 2025
Information: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MpactPDXScholarship2025